SparkleShan

Last week I did not post a Work in Progress because I was still only working on my Boxy Sweater that I posted the week prior, so I thought that would be boring to post about again since I haven't really made any new progress on it. This week I continue to work on my Boxy Sweater and I am actually at the point now where I separated for sleeves, the end is in sight! I also decided to work on a shawl that I started months ago that was written by my dear friend Brittany Wilson, the Rise and Fall Shawl. You can get the pattern on Ravelry! This shawl calls for two colors of fingering weight yarn and I am using hand dyed yarn from Brittany (BohoknitterchicSpins) and hand dyed yarn from Sunrise Fiber Co. You can find both shops on www.Etsy.com I still have a ways to go on the shawl, but I really love the colors on the yarn and I want to wear this soon.

It's a new way to wear knitting. On a necklace!! I hand knit these necklaces and they are now listed in my Etsy store www.sparkleshanknits.etsy.com

I wanted to share with you all a preview of some of the times currently listed in my etsy store (www.sparkleshanknits.etsy.com). As always I also except custom order requests for message new for details.        

A few months ago I decided to open a new Etsy shop.  Some of you may know that I used to sell handspun yarn on Etsy a few years back.  Due to life I closed the shop a few years back and haven't really been spinning yarn much.  Well I am still ever crafting and knitting.  I decided to open shop again because I really like sharing my creations with other people.  It's really satisfying to know that someone enjoys the things that I make with my hands and with my heart :) My new Etsy shop is called SparkleShan Knits. I am selling hand made baby, child and adult headbands, hand made jewelry and hand knit accessories.  I am also taking custom order requests.  I am trying to add items to my shop frequently so keep checking back for new hand made items.  If you would like to request a custom order you can message me directly on Etsy or email me at sparkleshanknits@gmail.com

Help me expand my business by donating towards a drum carder & spinning wheel! Go fund me! Http://www.gofundme.com/cd7ts Any little bit helps me reach my goal of owning a drum carder and second wheel so I can have a larger out put of products for my shop. Help support hand made small businesses!

I got a chance to get some spinning done this past weekend. It's been so long I actually finished 9 yarns in a week!! I also have a new favorite spinning technique. Skinny corespun thread plied. It's a combination of my past two favorite techniques. I also spun several other yarns as well. You can find all these yarns for sale in my Etsy Shop .

I soent the weekend spinning and knitting lots of new items for the shop. But I need to clear out some old stuff first so I am having a 15% off sale! Use coupon code 'NOVEMBER15' to receive 15% off your entire order (excluding club listings). The sale will end on November 15th at 8am EST so hurry and snag whats there! www.sparkleshan.etsy.com EtsyCouponCode - Your place to get Etsy Coupons before you Buy on Etsy.

Today I unveiled some new products in my Etsy Shop . Hand made soap & Bath Salts!! I have been doing research of bath and body projects for years now and decided to finally give it ago. My first batch of soap has some air bubbles (I forgot to tap the mold) but other then that it came out great. I made two bars each of for different recipes: Lavender & Goats Milk; Goats Milk with dried apricots and mango's; Buttermilk, Goats Milk, Honey & Oatmeal and Buttermilk, Goats milk, Vanilla & Coffee. There are also Bath salts with essential oils. One bath salt is Lavender essential oil & dried lavender buds & the second is Pink Grapefruit. I have added a bow with my hand spun yarn to each bottle :) I also listed the first yarn I have spun since July!! It's a fun funky art yarn I spun with a batt from my friend Carrie of CraftyPuppyLover and I added some silk noil that was hand dyed by my friend Brittany of BohoKnitterChic Spins

I really wanted to go to Rhinebeck today and had planned on going until I got a flat tire on the way to work Friday morning and had to buy a new tire :( I have never been to a fiber festival before. I guess I'll have to wait another year. So I decided that Emma and I would spend the weekend crafting and making new items that will go in my Etsy shop in a few weeks. Here's a sneak peek. I also did some spindle spinning and spun my first yarn on my wheel Since July!

I just finished adding a few new hair accessory items to my shop tonight. I plan to have a lot more items going up in the next few days so keep checking back. And my 20% off sale is still going on (use coupon code 'KIDNEY' at check out). Here is a sneak peek out what was added to the shop tonight.

I just finished updating my Etsy Shop with two new hand spun yarns, a knit hat, sock yarn mini skeins kits and some jewelry from my beading days at clearance prices. Here is a sneak peek at what I added. Also my 20% off sale is still going on, use coupon code 'KIDNEY'. Personalize a photo collage

I added several new hand knit items to my Etsy Shop today. They were all hand knit by me using hand spun yarn from my friends or yarn that I spun myself. Here is a preview of what I added. And don't forget my 20% off sale is still going on!! Use coupon code 'KIDNEY' at check out (club listings excluded).

So a little while along, I got a new design for my Etsy Shop and renamed it to from 'Princess Emma's' to 'SparkleShan Handspun Yarns & More' to better reflect my store. Here is a banner preview of the new shop design. I am still offering my hand spun yarn, knitting project bags and other knitting notions. I have also added hand spun & knitting project bag club listings. I am also slowly adding my original hand knit items & accessories. The majority of my hand knit items are knit with hand spun yarn by me or my wonderful spinning friends. I also have a new twitter account mainly based around my Etsy Shop and crafting adventures. I'll also tweet about other random life events once in a while as well. Tweet I also have a page on facebook for my Etsy Shop. I list coupon codes, shop update announcements & pictures here. So check my page out out facebook and like it please!!

wow my blog has been neglected for a while now. I think it's time to bring it back to life!! I have many things to post along with my redesigned Etsy Shop and tons of more adventures in knitting, spinning yarn, crafting and life in general. I can't wait to start posting more!

I am trying to get back in the swing of things to contribute to Phatfiber sample boxes on a regular basis. I was able to get 59 Samples of stitch markers, hand spun yarn and my first hand pulled roving fiber in to the May box. I am not sure if I will have time to contribute to the June box or not, but there are special ideas in the works for the July Box! Here are the samples of fiber that I sent in for May. They can also now be purchased in my Etsy Shop, Princess Emma's . I blended different fibers including: merino, mulberry silk, bamboo, angora, mohair, mohair locks, angora mohair locks and firestar on my homemade fiber hackled. I then Pulled the fiber into mini roving buns using a diz to get this super luxe, chunky, funky fibers. I am really please how they turned out and I hope people enjoy them! I just need to find the time to make more now!

From now until January 31st, I will be donating 50% of sales in my Etsy Shop, Princess Emma's , to Doctors without Borders . This includes all handspun yarn, jewelry, stitch markers and Magnets. Please help in anyway you can.

Because of packing, moving and the holidays. It had been about a month and a half since I spun any yarn. So today I decided to break out some yummy holiday inspired batts that I ordered from my friend Brittany's Etsy Shop , back in the beginning of December. Here is the lovely fiber I received from her. Emma loved the batts to, so she decided to use them as a pillow. I spun the batt on the right in to the below yarn. I got about 100 yards. I also spun this two ply yarn out of kettle dyed baby camel down and mulberry silk roving.

So since I am not good at keeping on a my blogs as I go along. I am about to post a few yearns that I have spun over the past few months. Hopefully once I move and get all settled in I can start posting more regularly!

I added several new handspun Yarns to my Etsy Shop and also some yarns to the sale section!

Now that I have a wheel, I have started spinning up my Fiber Stash. I spun up super soft pink and black Merino that my friend Melissa sent me. She is so great she sent me a package of fiber that was waiting for me at home when I got back from deployment. I love the wheel. Here are all the yarns that I spun up this month. And some more Fiber I ordered from Uniquely Yours , Bohoknitterchic and Jazzturtle . I was lucky enough to snag a June Fluff Phat Fiber Box too! I also got to met a wonderful friend that I meet on the Bad Knit Girl Group on Ravlery. Karen (angrypoddle)also lives in Connecticut, so we met up in West Hartford for lunch and desert. I also got to meet her wonderful like boy Liam. He loved Emma and she was sweet trying to help feed him.